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From 1981 to 1995, David Quammen authored the "Natural Acts" column for Outside magazine, winning the National Magazine Award twice. He also has written for Esquire, Harper's and Rolling Stone magazines, is the author of several books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a BP Natural World Book Prize and a John Burroughs Medal for nature writing.

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• National Geographic Magazine: Megatransect

  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0010/feature1/
  Introduction to a three-part article by Quammen which chronicles his journey with conservationist Michael Fay as he surveys 1,200 miles of African jungle. Includes field notes and photographs by Michael Nichols.

• National Geographic Magazine: Was Darwin Wrong?

  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature1/
  Quammen on how whether evolutionary theory has withstood the test of time.

• Nowhere: Romania

  http://nowheremag.com/2010/01/romania-david-quammen/
  An excerpt from Quammen's travel journal.

• NPR: Charles Darwin and the Racing Asparagus

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6105541
  Robert Krulwich on Quammen's book The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, with excerpt and audio.

• TARO: Inventory for the David Quammen Papers

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tturb/00159/trb-00159.html
  Listing of the collection which includes published and unpublished works, short stories, correspondence, reviews, and audio and video recordings. Housed at the Texas Tech University library.

• Terrain.org: Interview with David Quammen

  http://www.terrain.org/interview/21/
  Covers his writings, environmental literature, and journalism.

• The Well: The Weeds Shall Inherit the Earth

  http://www.mysterium.com/weeds.html
  Reproduction of an article by the author for The Independent (London).

• TreeHugger: Award-winning Author David Quammen on Swine Flu, Evolution and Ecology

  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/david-quammen-interview.php
  Includes a discussion of his upcoming work on zoonotic diseases.

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